Yugoslav epic

Einar 2022-04-22 07:01:33

This is actually a documentary that records the history of the country called Yugoslavia, so Director Kuka deliberately interspersed a lot of old documentary footage, and even you Dixunzong. The first part of history is World War II, when Ma Gao and the little black brothers worked together to resist the Nazis and defend the sovereignty of the country. Although this history is tragic, people still revel in the war. The second period of history is during the Cold War. Xiao Hei and others formed a utopia in the underground society. All ethnic groups lived together as equals, and everyone worked and lived together. All this was like the ground in that era. But it's a lie, as dark as a basement. As Xiao Hei came to the ground, the truth surfaced. With Tito's death comes the third civil war, where Ivan kills Magao, proving the nature of this war of fraternal cannibalism. Then the lover leaves and the relatives are scattered, which is the result of this war. In the end, Xiao Hei also jumped into the well, and everyone gathered in his fantasy, as if the war had never happened. In this way, the director tells us that if there was no war, they wouldn't have to go through that kind of suffering. The ground that carries all the people is gradually separated from the mainland, reminding us that such a beautiful picture is illusory and that it does not belong to this land. Ivan said to the camera: We should not forget history, we should tell our children like a fairy tale that there was once a country called Yugoslavia. This is the theme of this article, no country or nation should forget the history of their own country. The ending of the film is that the story has no ending. Because this film records history, and history will continue, so there is no ending.

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  • Marlin 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    Relying on obscenity to explain history is inevitably superficial. The story is poorly told and lethargic. Absurdism and pretending to be insane are two different things.

  • Rahul 2022-03-21 09:02:14

    Can't watch epic, neither Lawrence nor Underground. 1994 and 1995 were the two years when Cannes promoted postmodernist films. In 1994, the Palme d’Or was Quentin’s Pulp Fiction, and 1995 was Kusturica’s Underground. One is in the structure and the other is in the content. The post-modernity of Pulp Fiction is mainly reflected in the three-stage collage loop structure, polycentric or non-centric, and the mediocre content (the stories of a few gangsters) is also an aspect that distinguishes it from profound modernity, and Some kind of deconstruction in content. The postmodernity of the underground is mainly highlighted in the content, which is prominently reflected in Bakhtin's hybridity, dialogue, noise, and carnival, so the performance is also extremely exaggerated and humorous, as well as some kind of surreal. postmodernity, deconstruction, Bakhtin, heterolingualism, carnivalization, hyperbole

Underground quotes

  • Ivan: Bila jednom jedna zemlja. Once upon a time... there was a country...

  • Marko: A war is no war until the brother kills his brother.